Mexico | At least 53 people have died in a car accident in Mexico

In Mexico at least 53 people died on Thursday when a truck carrying them crashed into a retaining wall and crashed in Tuxtla Gutierrez in southern Chiapas. In addition, nearly 60 people were injured.

According to local authorities, many of the victims of the accident were migrants hiding in a truck. There was no recent information about their nationalities. According to media reports, there were more than a hundred people in the car.

The state of Chiapas, bordering Guatemala, is a major transit route for undocumented migrants from Central America to the United States.

“According to survivors, most (those in the car) were from Guatemala,” Chiapas State Director of Civil Protection Luis Manuel Garcia said the news agency AFP.

Authorities It appears that the driver of the car was speeding when he lost control of his vehicle on the road to the state capital Tuxtla Gutierrez. The driver is said to have fled the scene of the accident.

Governor of Chiapas Rutilio Escandon promised quick help to those injured in the accident. He said police are finding out who was to blame for the accident.

The President of Guatemala Alejandro Giammattei for its part, said in a statement posted on Twitter that consular assistance is being provided to the country’s citizens.

According to the US newspaper New York Times, Thursday’s Turma is one of the most devastating migrant-related accidents in decades. According to the newspaper, in March, 13 migrants died in a car accident in California near the border.

Migrants jamming is typical of human traffickers in the area. Mexico is heading towards the U.S. border.

Some of the migrants join in on part of the long processions, where much of the journey is made on foot. People walking to the United States are threatened by, among other things, harsh weather conditions and criminal cartels.

According to Mexican authorities, it is possible that survivors of Thursday’s accident will have the option of a temporary residence permit on humanitarian grounds.

Poverty and the number of migrants fleeing violence in their home countries has risen since the president of the United States Joe Biden began its term at the beginning of the year and promised to ease its predecessor Donald Trumpin a steep border policy.

According to AFP, the Mexican authorities have detected more than 190,000 migrants in the country between January and September this year. The number is three times higher than in 2020. About 74,300 people have been deported.

According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), at least 650 people have died this year trying to cross the border into the United States. The IOM began documenting deaths at the border in 2014. Since then, a total of at least 3,575 people have died at the U.S. border.